Railroad-tie.



D. BORTH, s11. RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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DANIEL BORTH, SE, OF HERRIED, SOUTH DAKOTA.

RhILRoAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1909. Serial No. 496.090.

1 '0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAMEL Boa'rn, Sn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Herried, in the county of Campbell and State. of SouthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improven'ients inRailroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new useful improvements in that classof made of cement, concrete, or like plastic terial.

The primary object of my'invention is, to provide a reversible moldedtie, so constructed that the upper or lower face of the tie may be usedto receive the rails.

A further object. is, to provide a molded and ties tie, with a tubularreceiving member, to removably hold a rail securing member said railsecuring members being locked or keyed to said tubular receivingmembers.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement 01 parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and pa rtlcnlarly pointed out in the appended claims, itbeing understood that changes In the specific structure shown anddescribed may be made witlnn the scope'of the claims witht1 on.

In the drawings forn'iing a part. pf this specification and n1 \\'l1lCl1like numerals oi' reference indicate similarparts in the several views,Figure l is a longitndinalsection of a. composite tie, showing theposition of the tubular holders,.Fig. 2 is a top view of a tie partly insection embodying my invem tion, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one ofthe tubular i'nen'ibers, Fig. 4 shows an enlarged detail of one of theT-shaped rail securing bolts, Fig. 5 shows an enlarged detached detailof the spanner, Fig. 6 is a detail of "the carrier used in handling theties. Fig. 7 is a detael'ied detail ot the locking keys used in myinvention, Fig. 8 shows a View of a tie provided witha retaining band.

My invention relates to ties made of cement. concrete or like material,provided with a. metallic supporting and holding means, whichpartly'stmports the rail and serves to firmly hold a detachable railsecuring member.

in the drawings, 5 represents a tic made of any suitable material whichis provided with fonr of my rail holding devices. two

being secured at each end of the tie. lia'ch out departing from thespirit of the invenz {holder comprises an open ended tubular 5 member 6,interiorly' threaded as shown at 5 7, while radiatinggj'om the outerperipheral surface of each tubulamnember. 6, are a plui rality of coneshaped spurs 8. As shown in i the drawings, these spikes or spurs are ofsuch a length that they extend well below i the flange of the rail A.The spurs are secured near the end of the tubular members, and in thedrawings I have shown each of i these tubular membe 6 as being providedI with five of these outwardly extending spurs at each end. inconnection with these menibers 6,1 employ a rail securing boltcomprising a. threaded stem 10 and the clamp Y head 12. Each bolt 12upon its two opposite sides is provided with a rectangular groove 13,these grooves extending downward a suitable distance. Each tubularmember 6 at one point is also provided with a lengthwise positionedrcctangular keyway H, the

keyways l-jt being held in parallel relation to the outer edges of theflanges of the rails t A. lieirtlic T-shaped rail securing bolts t aresecured to hold a rail one of the key grooves 13 will register with thekeyway 14; t within the tubular member 6. Within l these registeringkeyways' 13 and 14 is then inserted a suitable key 15 which may be idriven into the keyways, though held so that the same may be readilyremoved in case it should be desired to replace the rails. The i tubularholders (3 extend from one face of the tie to the other, so that theseties may be reversed. In ordei' to facilitate the handling of theseties, I provide the same at. each end with the oppositely positionedopenings 16 within which may be inserted the stem 17 of the carrier 18and the adjustiopening opposite. In securing two such carriers 18 to atie the same can be readily carried and handled.

From the foregoing it will be seen, that I provide a tie, within whichare embedded a plurality of tubular holders, which are so held andspaced, that the four securing bolts held within these tubular holders,accurately determine the relatigc position of the rails. The spacebetween each diagonally held set of rail securing bolts, equals;

the width of the rail flange. so that after i being secured to the ties.the rails cannot be shifted. without shearing oil the bolts, or

di placing the tics.

i The tic. having been properly aliued and Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

111g screw 19 adapted to be threaded into the placed, the manner ofsecuringthe rails to the ties is very simple. The T-shaped rail securingbolts are introduced into the threaded openings of the tubular members.,Thesewmeinbers extend laterally a suitable distance so that they partlysupport the base or flange of the rail. The T-shaped bolts are thenscrewed home by means of the spanner 20 having the forked head 21, andthe operating handle 22. After one head- 'end of each bolt has beenfirinly carried over the flange of the rail, one of the keys 15 isintroduced into the key grooves to prevent any accidental displacementat these rail securing bolts. 7

From the foregoing it will be seen that I provide a tie which is rustand fire proof,

and in connection with which the 'rail. se-

curing means are such, that the rails may :be instantly removed andreplaced.

broken at can be mended.

The stems carry theeach end with two diagona y (positionedopen endedinteriorly threade tubular members extending through the tie from faceto face, each member being provided with a plurality of laterall spurs,a- T-shaped bolt held within each of said tubular members, and means tolock said bolts within said tubular members.

l. A'reversible molded tie rovided near each end with two diagonallyositioned open ended interiorly threade tubular members extendingthrough the tie from face to face, each member being provided with aplurality of laterally projecting spurs, a T-shaped bolt held withineach of said tubular members, each of the tubular members having alengthwise positioned slot, each of said bolts having a'lengthwisepositioned slot, and a-key to work within said slots, as and for the purose setforth.

In testimony whereof I a x my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL BOR'IH, Sn.

4 \Vitnesses:

M. J. Sonmm'nz, En. KURcI-L projecting

